Abnormalities in the vertebral column
of Indian mackerel

Abstract

Some abnormalities notiosd In the constituents of the vertebral columns
of 9 specimens of mackerel are reported. These include ossified haemal braces
farming plate-like structures, fused as well as closely apposed vertebrae, b'fid
haemal spine, super-numerary neural and haemal arches and spines, absence of
neural spine and fused proximal halves of neural spines which distally remain
separate.